Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Friedrich von Scholl

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remove ads

Friedrich von[a] Scholl (25 October 1846 – 2 October 1928), born Friedrich Ludwig Karl Ernst Wilhelm Georg[1] Scholl, was a Colonel General (German: Generaloberst) in the Prussian and Imperial German armies, and adjutant in the court of Kaiser Wilhelm II. He was a relative of physicist Wilhelm Hallwachs.[2]

Quick facts His Excellency, Born ...
Remove ads

Biography

Summarize
Perspective
Thumb
Scholl (seventh from left) with the Kaiser's adjutants during the maneuvers of 1905.

Born on 25 October 1846 in Darmstadt, part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse at the time,[3][4][5][6] he was the son of Friedrich Scholl (1815–1875), a colonel in the Hessian army and Head of the Department of War. Following in his father's footsteps, Scholl joined the Hessian Army on 11 February 1863 as part of the 2nd Reiter (cavalry) Regiment and rose to the rank of Sekonde-Lieutenant (second lieutenant) on 7 September 1865.[3][4]

During the 1866 Austro–Prussian War, Scholl fought for Hesse against Prussia.[3] Following the war, Scholl joined the Prussian Army.[3] Scholl spent over two years at a cavalry training center between September 1867 and November 1869, becoming an officer of the Prussian Army afterwards.[3] During the 1870–71 Franco–Prussian War, Sekonde-Lieutenant Scholl fought for Prussia in the Battle of Gravelotte and Siege of Metz.[3] During the war, Scholl was promoted to Oberleutnant (First Lieutenant).[3] Scholl also was awarded the Iron Cross following the war.[3] In 1877, Scholl became Rittmaster of a cavalry regiment.[3] On 25 February 1880, Scholl was raised to the hereditary nobility of Hesse (now a part of the German Empire), and shortly later on 15 July 1880, Scholl was further made a member of the Imperial German nobility.[3]

Starting on 11 December 1886, Scholl commanded his regiment from Potsdam.[3] On 1 September 1887, Scholl was promoted to Major.[3] The following June 19, Scholl became an aide to other generals in Kaiser Wilhelm II’s court.[3][4] On 18 August 1891 Scholl was promoted to Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel).[3] On 14 May 1894 Scholl was promoted to Oberst (Colonel).[3] On 20 July 1897, Scholl was promoted to Generalmajor.[3] On 18 May 1901, Scholl was promoted to Generalleutnant.[3] On Christmas Day, 1905, Scholl was made General of the Cavalry.[3] On 16 June 1913, Scholl was promoted to Generaloberst, the rank that he would hold during World War I, during which he was an adjutant general to Kaiser Wilhelm II, advising him throughout the war, at the end of which Scholl retired from active service.[3]

Remove ads

Personal life

Scholl married Adelheid Freiin[b] Löw von und zu Steinfurth on 29 September 1877;[7] they had a son, August (1879-1914),[8] who was killed in the opening days of World War I.[8]

Dates of rank

Honours and awards

German[9]
Foreign[21]
Remove ads

Notes

  1. In German personal names, von is a preposition which approximately means 'of' or 'from' and usually denotes some sort of nobility. While von (always lower case) is part of the family name or territorial designation, not a first or middle name, if the noble is referred to by their last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.
  2. Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
Remove ads

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads
Remove ads